Cuff-holder



(No Model.)

A. S. FISHER.

CUFF HOLDER.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW S. FISHER, OF BEDFO RD, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES C.

HOUSER, OF MILROY, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,219, dated June 13, 1893.

Application filed March 10, 1893. Serial No. 465,374. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ANDREW S. FISHER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Bedford, in the county of Bedford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cuff-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a device for use in adjusting shirt sleeves and ends to a proper position with relation to the hand, the device being also applicable to the adjustment of stockings and .other articles; but for convenience of designation I have entitled my invention an improvement in cuff holders, and while using that term herein I mean to include therein all uses to which the device may be applied. 7

The invention consists of a hook combined with a lever grip constructed and arranged substantiallyin the manner hereinaftermore particularly described and'adapted for use in adjusting the length of a sleeve and the consequent position of a cult with relation to the hand, while at the same time securin'gthe said cuff and permitting of its ready removal and -replacement, as desired, without disturbing the adjustment of the sleeve and of the device on the sleeve.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 I is a perspective view illustrating one application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation with the parts in the position they will occupy when in use. Fig. 8 is an elevation with the lever extended at right angles to the body of'the device. Fig.4 is a side elevation of the parts in the position shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a side elevation with the parts in the position shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an end View; and Fig. 7 is a section taken in the plane of line w-zr, Fig. 2.

The body a of the device may be made of sheet metal, having one of its ends made or provided with a loop I) and terminating at that end in an underturned hook c. The other end of the body is extended laterally at both sides to form wings d, and these wings have their upper edges bent over at right angles, or substantially so, to form the flange e and the half f of a hinge. Near-its lower'end the body is provided with a knob g standing out therefrom substantially at right angles and this knob maybe formed integral with the body or secured thereto in any suitable inanner.

h is a lever provided with the other half 2' of the hinge, the said hinge portion of the lever being connected with the hinge portion f of the body by means of a pintle or otherwise, as may be desired. The lever'h has its upper portion extended laterally into wings j, which are substantiallyin alignment with the wings d on the body, and the upper edge of the said wings is turned over substantially at right angles to the main portion of the lever'to form a flange k, and at its opposite ends this flange is provided with projections Z which overlap the edges of the lateralwings d of the'body. The lever is provided with a hole m whereby it may engage with the knob g. I

When my device is used as a sleeve adjuster and cud holder, the hook'c is passed through the buttonholes of thewristband, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, thereby taking the place and serving the function of a button, and the knob g is passed through the buttonholes of the cuff. It having been determined at what distance the wristband shall be from the hand, and, if necessary, a fold, as n, Fig. 1, having been made in the shirt sleeve, the lever h is extended upwardly from the body of the device, say as in Fig. 5, and then one or both projecting wings of the body having been applied to the edges of the sleeve vent, the said lever h is moved down into substantial parallelism with the body and its hole m snapped over the knob g, it being understood that said knob g has more or less resilience or spring. Thus the wristband will be buttoned, the sleeve adjusted at its proper length and the cuff secured in position by one device. If it be desired to remove the cuff, the lever It will be released from the knob and the cuffslipped 5 IOO Obviously, the device might be used for thus adjusting the sleeve of any kind of garment, and so also it might be used for supporting stockings, and for other purposes.

The projections I serve to prevent lateral displacement or disengagementof the gripping device.

It will be observed that the material is gripped between the flanges e and 7c and consequently a very firm hold is taken, so that there is no danger of slipping. Moreover, by this manner of engaging the device with a garment, there is no necessity for the use of serrations and such like toothed devices as single term I employ the designation garment holder.

What I claim is- 1. Ina garment holder,a body portion having a hooked end and one member of a gripping device and an intermediate knob projecting therefrom between the ends, combined with a lever constituting the other member .of the gripping device and adapted to be engaged at its free end with the knob of the body portion, substantially as described, whereby the hooked end may engage with the edge or button holesof awristband, the knob pass through the button holes of thecuffland the gripping device engage with the vent or other part of a sleeve to hold the wristband I and cud in proper relation with each other and to adjust their position with relation to the hand by shortening the sleeve, substantially as described.

2. In a garment holder,a body part having a hook at one end and a laterally extended flange at the other end and an intermediate knob projecting therefrom between the ends, combined with a lever having a correspondinglylaterally flanged end at which it is hinged to the body part to form an eccentric grip, and adapted at the other end to engage the knob, substantially as described.

3. In a garment holder, a body part having a hook at one end and a laterally extended flange at the other end and an intermediate knob projecting therefrom between the ends,

combined with a lever pivoted at the flanged end of the body portion and provided with a flanged end having laterally projecting ears adapted to overlap the laterally extended part of the body portion and having its lower end provided with means to engage the knob, substantially as described.

4. In a garment holder, a'body memberhaving a hook at oneend and having at the other end laterally extended wings and a flange substantially at right angles to such body mem- ,ber and an intermediate knob projecting therefrom between the ends, combined with a lever hinged to said body and having similarly laterally extended ends and a reversely 5 turned flange which laps the body flange, said ,lever flange when the device is closed bearing against the body and therebyadapting the device to grip a fabric, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of March, A. D. 1893. ANDREW S. FISHER. Witnesses:

JAMES Z. FRAZIER, FRANK FLETCHER. 

